Pickering shows switching and simulation systems at Space-Comm Expo

A growing space powerhouse with an industry turnover of £17.5 billion in 2022, the UK contributes 6.5% to the global space market. The UK’s largest space industry event, Space-Comm Expo gathers space, aerospace and defence, and downstream and upstream industries for two days of high-level networking, exhibition, education, and business, focused on the commercial future of space. Supported by key industry associations, Space-Comm Expo showcases developments in technology and the end-to-end supply chain for products, services, and applications servicing commercial enterprises, government, and defence organisations.

“At Pickering, we know that space industry electronics engineers have unique testing needs driven by requirements around long operating life, high reliability and hostile environmental conditions,” said Steve Edwards, Product Manager at Pickering. “Our modular products are based on familiar open industry standards that ensure long-term availability, shorten development time, and ultimately speed time-to-market. With expert-level knowledge in architecting switching and simulation systems, we help our customers achieve their test objectives efficiently and deliver products with intuitive tools to enhance development teams’ design efforts and productivity. The result is scalable COTS test systems that can be optimised to meet their needs today and in the future.”

Pickering will showcase the following switching and simulation products, solutions, and demos:

• PXI/PXIe programmable precision resistor, RTD, thermocouple, and LVDT/resolver modules for environmental sensor simulation
• Fault insertion modules that can be used to switch signals between simulations and real-life devices
• A 21-slot fully hybrid PXIe chassis and single-slot PXIe embedded controller
• The first modules in a new MEMS-based RF PXI and PXIe multiplexer family
• A configurable PXI microwave switch platform that allows RF test engineers to combine a wide range of high-performance relay types, while minimising chassis slot usage
• Turnkey LXI microwave switch and signal routing subsystems – including a custom 12x12 LXI microwave switching matrix demo

Pickering Interfaces manufactured products come with a standard three-year warranty and guaranteed long-term product support.